Dell insp. i3650 power supply upgrade size problem

Jerry Beard · Dec 28, 2016

Hello My son recently got a dell

and we were going to add a 500gb SSD to it. After opening it I found I needed to get the adapter to secure it in place(no biggie), but also found due to its small size the power supply apparently doesn't have any extra power outlets. What is my best option for this. It currently has a 2 tb hdd, and I wanted to migrate his op system to the SDD, and him still have the 2 tb space. thank you for any and all Ideas

Ne0Wolf7 · Dec 28, 2016

Do you know what size (not wattage, physical size) the PSU is? A quality 500W unit can be had for $50

Multipack · Dec 28, 2016

Usually all the SATA power cables are on one lead, so check the HDD in it doesnt have a cable with room for more.

But yes, the form factor and size are important, as Ne0wolf7 said. It looks like a fixed ATX from these pics tho http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-3650-desktop

Jerry Beard · Dec 28, 2016

Ne0Wolf7 :

Well physically its really small. I will have to open it back up to measure it. (I have installed like 4 different power supplys in other desktops before, but never saw one this small.)

Ne0Wolf7 · Dec 28, 2016

That look like it might be a propitiatory PSU, which would make it irreplaceable.
If you have a molex cable doing nothing in there ) which I doubt) you could go for something like this, https://vetco.net/products/sata-power-y-splitter?gclid=Cj0KEQiA4o3DBRCJsZqh8vWqt_8BEiQA2Fw0eZGT8RhYSccsAQF2IDf0i1Ce_z0ZDL_vG-vf6Y6RdjIaArKO8P8HAQ , but that doent solve the motherboard. Does it have another SATA port?
Another solution is to sacrifice the optical drive and use its resources on the SSD

Multipack · Dec 28, 2016

I think it may be a full sized PSU but the metal backplate is built into the system, covering it. Either that or yes it is very small.

Jerry Beard · Dec 30, 2016

the motherboard has 2 more sata ports. I have been thinking, what if I made(or bought one from somewhere) a housing to hold an external(really internal) power supply, and feed it thru one of the rear expansion slots and plug the power cable into the ssd and it into internal sata port? would this work?

Multipack · Dec 30, 2016

You might be better off with something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200468

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